Praying Mantis (1983)
Original title: 悪女かまきり
Praying Mantis is a 1983 Japanese-language mystery movie directed by Shunichi Kajima, with a running time of 1h 24m. It stars Midori Satsuki, Ryô Hayami and Mako Toyoda.
A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?
Quick answers
What is Praying Mantis about?
A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?
When was Praying Mantis released?
Praying Mantis was released on 8 April 1983.
How long is Praying Mantis?
Praying Mantis runs 1h 24m.
Who made Praying Mantis?
Praying Mantis was directed by Shunichi Kajima.
Cast
- Midori Satsuki as Masako Fujimura
- Ryô Hayami as Takayuki Shimazaki
- Mako Toyoda as Kaoru Ibuki
- Etsuko Nami
- Akiko Hyūga as Masako's mother
- Kazuko Shirakawa as Mrs. Matsumiya
- Isamu Nagato as Rokusuke Kobayashi
- Tatsuya Nanjo as Kazuo Ibuki
- Munemaru Kôda as Tachibana
- Hiroshi Kobayashi
- Makoto Shimotsuka as Shingo Hashimoto
- Shinzō Hotta